HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968 Ordinance No. 001I
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Introduced a• a Bill by Councilman Kreiling.
BY AU'l'llORI'l'Y
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BmLBllOOD, COLORADO, TBA'!' 18.6-5 of the Municipal Code of the
City of Bnglewood be amended to read a• follow•s
•le.6-5 Meter Requir .. ent•.
(a) OWner• of property with connection• for re•iden-
tial u•• having tap• one inch in diaaeter or larger, for conaer-
cial u .. of any kind regardl••• of •ize of tap• or ••rvice, and
for r••idential u•e on pr .. i••• with permanently in•talled .wim-
aing pool• filled froa city mupply, will be required to in•tall
water ••t•r•. 'l'he rate• for metered ••rvice •hall be fixed by
re80lution of th• city council, provided, however, that one
bill, for all water u•ed, compo•ed of the •um of minimum charges
for each .. ter u•ed and a •ingle quantative charge for all water
u•ed, .. Y be i••ued in the following ca••••
(1) Where water ••rvice i• taken through a combination
of .. ter•, or through .. t•r• on two or 110re ••rvice pipe•, if
water ••rviced through each of •uch meter• and ••rwice pipe•
8hall be deliwared and u•ed on the •aa• property holding in the
pro•ecution of one general purpo•e, or a •ingle enterpri•e on
an integrated holding of land, undivided by public •treets, roads,
or alley•• and,
(2) For all public •chool•, even though the meters
.. Y be •ituated on ••parate properti••·
(b) In any ca••, when the water comi••ioner deem•
it to be to the be•t intere•t• of the city and water conaumers,
he •ay require any acheduled flat rate uaer to take hi• water
through a .. ter at the rate• ••t by the city council and in
effect at the tim•. Whenever a meter i• to be uaed it •hall
be mupplied by the water department at the coat of the user.
All .. t•r• inatalled •u•t be the .... aize a• the aize of the
Hrvice pipe, except where pr-1••• have been vacated by a
bu.in••• or other u•• that require• a mnaller amount of water,
when the aize of the -t•r •ay be reduced accordingly. The
Hrvic• pipe .. y be one aiu larger beyond the meter. All ser-
viced and .. intained by the water department, and the coat thereof
paid by the city, except that in the ca•• of malicioua damage,
the co•t of the repair •hall be paid for by the owner of the
.. ter. Should the coat of the repair of a meter exceed 50%
of the coat of a new meter, the owner of the meter •hall have
th• choice of either paying the total co•t of repair or paying
for the co•t of a new .. ter. 'l'he repair of replac .. ent of all
.. ter• over one inch in •i•• •hall be paid for by the owner of
the .. ter. All •etera •hall be ••t or re-•et in a proper water-
tight and fro•t-proof pit within the limit• of a public street
or alley, or in•ide a building located on the property to be
•erved, but in every ca•• the meter mu•t be locateds
(1) So a• to allow free and non-hazardou• acces• for
reading, r9110val, in•pection, and replac .. ent.
(2) When located in•ide a building, the meter •hall
.be ••t 80 that the entire •upply of water to the premises will
be controlled by it at all tilDe•, and •hall have valves on both
•id•• of •eter.
(3) When the rule• and regulation• of the water
department require metering and more than one •ervice line is
in u•e on a achedule of flat rate ba•i•, each •uch service must
either be .. tered or cut off at the main concurrently with the
•eter in•tallation, at the cuatomer'• expen•e.•
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Introduced, read in full and pa••ed on fir•t reading
by the City Council of the City of BnglMIOOd, Colorado and or-
dered publi•hed a• a bill in the Bnglewood Herald and Bnterprise
at it• regular ... ting on the 18th day of December, A.D., 1967.
Pa••ed on final reading by th• City Council of the City
of Bnglewood, colorado thi• 2nd day of January, 1968 and ordered
publi8hed in full in the Bngl.wood Herald and Bnterpri•e.
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